{"id":19006,"date":"2020-03-15T11:34:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=19006"},"modified":"2023-05-28T20:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:23:06","slug":"popcorn-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/popcorn-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Recipe One<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>1 tsp Maldon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 large bowl of popcorn &#8211; with enough room for tossing<\/li>\n<li>7.5 oz of (Karo) corn syrup<\/li>\n<li>4.5 oz dark unsulfured molasses<\/li>\n<li>7 oz granulated white sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 C water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Mix all except the popcorn and salt in a pan<\/li>\n<li>Heat mixture to 250\u00ba<\/li>\n<li>Pour over popcorn using spatula to get all of the hot coating mixture<\/li>\n<li>Dump in the Maldon salt<\/li>\n<li>Butter your hands and mix the popcorn working quickly<\/li>\n<li>Remove coated popcorn using a 2.5 &#8211; 3&#8243; scoop<\/li>\n<li>Roll into a ball, but don&#8217;t compress.&nbsp; Leave it airy.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap in plastic and keep for up to a week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Recipe Two<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>One gallon container of popped popcorn<\/li>\n<li>2 C Chex Party Mix\n<ul>\n<li>Combine and set aside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 C sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 C corn syrup<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C water<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vinegar<\/li>\n<li>2 tsp soy sauce\n<ul>\n<li>Heat mixture to 260\u00ba<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add 6 TBL butter pieces (room temp)<\/li>\n<li>Mix in butter, then drizzle over popcorn mixture<\/li>\n<li>Form loose balls then set aside on parchment paper<\/li>\n<li>When cooled, wrap in plastic and keep for up to a week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipe One 1 tsp Maldon salt 1 large bowl of popcorn &#8211; with enough room for tossing 7.5 oz of (Karo) corn syrup 4.5 oz dark unsulfured molasses 7 oz granulated white sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1\/3 C water Mix all except the popcorn and salt in a pan Heat mixture to 250\u00ba Pour over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/popcorn-balls\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Popcorn Balls&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22815,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19006\/revisions\/22815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}